Coach Profile
1981-1989 • Cincinnati, Kansas, Pittsburgh
3 schools coached, anchored by Pittsburgh.
Mike Gottfried coached 9 seasons, won 54.0%, and posted an average SRS of 4.1. Best season: 1988 Pittsburgh. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Pittsburgh
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 68.6.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
6-5 • SRS 13.0 • SP Overall 14.1
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+3.8
SP Off / Def
31.4 / 18.3
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Pittsburgh
1986-1989 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 9.4 • Win % 60.0%
Kansas
1983-1985 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -1.3 • Win % 45.6%
Cincinnati
1981-1982 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 1.8 • Win % 54.5%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Mike Gottfried sets the reference point in overall strength.
Mike Gottfried sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Gottfried
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1986-1989 • 26-17-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 7.2 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 12.7 baseline
-3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.2 during vs 13.6 baseline
-1.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-35.0%
1983-1985 • 15-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 3.6 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.3 during vs -1.2 baseline
-0.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.8 during vs -1.7 baseline
+2.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1981-1982 • 12-10
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.4 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.8 during vs -0.3 baseline
+2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 2.7 baseline
+2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Pittsburgh 1988
6-5 • SRS 13.0
Biggest Improvement
Pittsburgh 1986
5-5-1 • 7.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kansas 1983
4-6-1 • SP Off 35.6
Best Defensive Season
Pittsburgh 1987
8-4 • SP Def 12.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas 1984
5-6 • SRS -4.9
Biggest Drop
Pittsburgh 1989
7-3-1 • -6.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Pittsburgh | 1989 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | #20 | #17 | 6.8 | 11.4 | 35.4 | 25.8 | -6.2 | +13.6% |
| Pittsburgh | 1988 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 13.0 | 14.1 | 31.4 | 18.3 | +3.8 | -12.1% |
| Pittsburgh | 1987 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 9.2 | 12.2 | 24.0 | 12.3 | +0.7 | +16.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 1986 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.5 | 11.1 | 30.1 | 20.2 | +7.5 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | 1985 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.0 | 3.5 | 29.6 | 27.4 | +5.9 | +4.5% |
| Kansas | 1984 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -4.9 | -4.9 | 26.6 | 31.4 | -5.0 | +4.5% |
| Kansas | 1983 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 0.1 | 3.7 | 35.6 | 33.4 | +0.6 | -13.6% |
| Cincinnati | 1982 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -0.5 | 2.1 | 25.9 | 24.8 | -4.6 | 0.0% |
| Cincinnati | 1981 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.1 | 9.0 | 23.5 | 15.0 | — | — |
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